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It appears Apple has something big plan for its ‘hobby’ Apple TV set-top box. The product briefly showed up on Apple’s Official Chinese Online Store suggesting that a new product launch is imminent. According to the report: 9to5 Mac recently reported that Apple was making big changes to their current Apple TV set-top box. These will reportedly include: a revamped operating system that will be based on iOS, new input methods such as motion controls and an App Store or a “Game Store” for the device. Following this report, Apple has begun promoting the Apple TV as aRead More

Writing for the Guardian, Charles Auther explores the implication of google removing the App Options that were introduced in Android 4.3 (released mid-November), but was subsequently removed in Android 4.4.2, released about three weeks later. Charles Auther: The bizarre thing is that Android, which has always led Apple’s iOS in terms of customisation – choose your own keyboard, choose your own default apps – has now lagged in this key area by more than a year, in a field where people have become more and more aware that data matters, andRead More

Since installing OS X Mavericks beta on my MacBook Air, I’ve had numerous issues with the new softwares. The most frustrating was that the App Store, Mail, Preview and a few other apps won’t open, and if by some miracle the app did open, it will crash soon after. As a result I was very hesitant in installing OS X Mavericks on my main computer – iMac. Until now. This weekend I’ve stumbled across this solution to stop App Store, Mail, Preview and other apps from crashing in OS XRead More

Current Apple engineer Mark Zimmer discuss the iPhone and its effect on his blog – Relativistic Observer. Zimmer describes the iPhone as the reason that social media became an enabler for the changes. Mark Zimmer: Yes, this is one of the biggest vehicles for change because it raised the bar on handheld social media, on internet in your pocket, and on the spread of digital photography. The ability to make a difference was propagated with the iPhone and the devices that copied it. Did Steve Jobs know he was starting this kind ofRead More

AppCurious, a Social Network for App Discovery through personal recommendations from family and friends, has recently been approved by Apple. On the other hand, AppGratis was unceremoniously booted from the App Store. So what makes this app different from other App discovery apps? In an interview with VentureBeat, AppCurious CEO Riz Nwosu explains. “We brought something new to the table,” cofounder and CEO of AppCurious Riz Nwosu told me today when I asked how his app was approved. “Instead of just taking what Apple does and making it a bit nicer, we broughtRead More

Google Researcher: Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the App Store Elie Bursztein, a researcher at Google, is reporting that Apple only recently fixed a massive security loop hole on the AppStore. “Early July 2012, I reported to Apple numerous vulnerabilities related to their App Store iOS app. Last week Apple finally issued a fix for it and turned on HTTPS for the App Store,” Elie Bursztein. “I am really happy that my spare-time work pushed Apple to finally enabled HTTPS to protect users. This post discuss the vulnerabilities I found. As aRead More

Sky has just updated their Sky Go app making it even better. According to the app description page: [quote] Sky Go, our award-winning TV on the move service, ensures you don’t miss the TV you love, even if you’re away from home – at no extra cost for Sky TV customers. Sky Go Extra lets Sky TV customers download popular TV shows and movies via Wi-Fi to watch on up to four devices. The content available for download depends on your Sky TV subscription. Downloading via Wi-Fi also means thatRead More